17 summer Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pictures that MUST STOP

Yes, it’s summer. Finally the rain’s gone, the boys have started wearing shorts and you’ve had to dig out the pedicure kit and sort out your gross wintery toes.

And we all love to talk about how fantastic the summer is, how many ice creams we’ve eaten and what glamorous holidays we’re going on, whether on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

But some pictures MUST STOP. People, take note. We do not need to see any more of these (by the way, funny story – most of these came from my own Instagram – I’m guilty too):

1. Hot dog leg photos

Seriously. We get it. You have nice legs, you’ve even waxed them for the occasion, and you’re in a hot country so they look slightly golden. But this pose is NOT original, it does not make us jealous, and it just makes you look like you don’t keep up with social media and you haven’t seen THIS Tumblr.

2. Loved up photos

You have a partner, you both like each other enough to go on holiday and you know how to smile for a photo. Do you really need to rub our faces in it?

A photo posted by LinaPolishes (@linapolishes) on Jun 21, 2014 at 4:04pm PDT

Why is this a particular summer affliction? I don’t know, but what I do know is that we’ve now seen this finger pose thousands upon thousands of times and it isn’t getting any cuter. We know you’ve had a mani for the summer, but please put your hands away.

Well done, you sweated and sweated for hours to get this tan line. Can’t you just show your boyfriend, mum, brother, dad, sister, whoever, the actual tan mark? Do we really need to see this on our news feed?

Some people, whose work is hanging in galleries or whose photos actually contain some modicum of interest, can get away with taking street photos of strangers. But you slinking up to strangers on the street, sticking your iPhone in their face and filtering the crap out of their image in the name of art, is just creepy.

Really? You’re on holiday? We wouldn’t have guessed, given the abundance of photos you’ve uploaded, so thanks for clearing that up with a picture of loads of people you don’t know lying down on the sand on an anonymous beach.

14. Photos of your bikini

You wouldn’t upload this picture of yourself in your underwear, so why oh why do it in a bikini?

Clearly making people jealous is the only reason anyone even posts anything on Facebook, but just be nice to your friends at home. We’re sitting in an office in England. We don’t want to know about the marvellous things you’re doing in Thailand.

A photo posted by Deborah Cicurel 📍Travel Addict (@debscic) on May 8, 2013 at 12:38am PDT

We understand, you’re on the #beach with your #friends who you #love and it’s #sunny, #hot and you’re feeling #sexy. But please – spare us! The extra few likes you’ll get for this are not worth the humiliation when your colleague comes up to you, grinning, as you get back to work, saying loudly ‘hashtag holiday’.

17. Workout pictures

Mostly because we haven’t done any exercise but chewing burgers for the last few months, so please can you not share any evidence of working out on social media? Thank you. Thank you very much.